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Former Mozilla CTO Subjected to Warrantless Phone Search

posted by Fnord666 on Friday April 05 2019, @07:59AM   Printer-friendly
from the no-one-is-immune dept.

canopic jug writes:

Former Mozilla CTO Andreas Gal has filed a complaint against US customs agents for aggressive interrogation and demanding the passcodes for his phones and laptops and denying him access to an attorney. His expedited Global Entry status was revoked for allegedly refusing to comply with the search. Andreas and the ACLU are requesting an investigation into the incident. He works for Apple these days.

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  • (Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 05 2019, @11:35AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 05 2019, @11:35AM (#824848)

    Gal should have been born an American citizen. If he had done that he wouldn't be treated like a barbarian trying to enter America's self-envisioned concept of Rome. But, since he did not have the foresight to be born an American, he should show the appropriate deference to the views of Emperor Limbo King who still manages to slither under the ever-lowering bar of American standards and acceptable behavior.

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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Friday April 05 2019, @01:50PM (2 children)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Friday April 05 2019, @01:50PM (#824882) Journal

    He could also help is case if he would simply change his skin to white and his economic status to super rich. Duh! He should have known this beforehand.

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    The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 05 2019, @01:59PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 05 2019, @01:59PM (#824890)

      He came from Hungary, where people normally are white.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17 2019, @12:32PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17 2019, @12:32PM (#830973)

        Only cause they tossed the brownies out after they invaded